Special Authentication Variant

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

What does "quux" in this example stand for?


RewriteCond %{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST} !^[email protected]\.com$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST} !^[email protected]\.com$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST} !^[email protected]\.com$
RewriteRule ^/~quux/only-for-friends/


The example is at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/rewriteguide.html

 

[David Dorward]

What does "quux" in this example stand for?

It looks like a username to me. Doesn't stand for anything.

 

[Benjamin Niemann]

What does "quux" in this example stand for?


RewriteCond %{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST}
!^[email protected]\.com$ RewriteCond
%{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST} !^[email protected]\.com$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_IDENT}@%{REMOTE_HOST}
!^[email protected]\.com$ RewriteRule ^/~quux/only-for-friends/


The example is at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/rewriteguide.html

Nothing special, just an ordinary path component of the URL. It is a common
configuration of the apache webserver to map an URL
path /~username/some/file to a file in the home directory of the user
'username', e.g. /home/username/www/some/file - but this detail is not
really important for the example above (except that you know now that Quux,
Corp. has an UNIX account on the server with the loginname 'quux'...).
The ~ has no special meaning for mod_rewrite (at least not as used here).

 

[Toby Inkster]

What does "quux" in this example stand for?

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

quux

/kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo,
quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously "quux" (plural
"quuces", anglicised to "quuxes") and "quuxu" (genitive plural
is "quuxuum", for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up
all the "u" letters in Scrabble).] 1. Originally, a
{metasyntactic variable} like {foo} and {foobar}. Invented by
{Guy Steele} for precisely this purpose when he was young and
naive and not yet interacting with the real computing
community. Many people invent such words; this one seems
simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In
an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the
originator in the form of a nickname.

2. See {foo}; however, denotes very little disgust, and is
uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it.

3. {Guy Steele} in his persona as "The Great Quux", which is
somewhat infamous for light verse and for the "Crunchly"
cartoons.

4. In some circles, used as a punning opposite of "crux".
"Ah, that's the quux of the matter!" implies that the point is
*not* crucial (compare {tip of the ice-cube}).

[{Jargon File}]

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

Nothing special, just an ordinary path component of the URL. It is a common
configuration of the apache webserver to map an URL
path /~username/some/file to a file in the home directory of the user
'username', e.g. /home/username/www/some/file - but this detail is not
really important for the example above (except that you know now that Quux,
Corp. has an UNIX account on the server with the loginname 'quux'...).
The ~ has no special meaning for mod_rewrite (at least not as used here).

"@" is normally used for e-mailadresses. Should I identify the user which I
do not want to access the website on the grounds of his or her e-mailadress?

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

"@" is normally used for e-mailadresses. Should I identify the user whom I
do not want to access the website on the grounds of his or her
e-mailadress?

 

[Benjamin Niemann]

"@" is normally used for e-mailadresses.

foo@example in an URI just means 'the user foo on host example'. How this
information is used, depends on the URI scheme.

Should I identify the user which
I do not want to access the website on the grounds of his or her
e-mailadress?

When opening a page using an URI like

http://login@host/path/
or
http://login:password@host/path/

the browser will send the login/password combo (asking for the password if
necessary) as authentication credentials to the webserver - the server will
check, if the credentials are correct and will either allow or deny access.

I'm not really sure, if I can understand what the 'Special Authentication
Variant' example of the mod_rewrite guide is good for...

 

[Toby Inkster]

"@" is normally used for e-mailadresses. Should I identify the user whom I
do not want to access the website on the grounds of his or her
e-mailadress?

It isn't used for e-mail addresses in this case. @ doesn't need to have
anything to do with e-mail. It can be used for other things too.

http://[email protected]/

Doesn't say anything about the user's e-mail address -- it just says that
someone is signed in as "fred" to the website www.example.com.

If you go to a farmer's market, you will see signs like:

Bananas @ €3/kg
Potatoes @ €1,50/kg

The @ has nothing to do with e-mail, does it?

 

[JDS]

What does "quux" in this example stand for?

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]


quux /kwuhks/ n. [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo,
quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously `quux' (plural `quuces',
anglicized to `quuxes') and `quuxu' (genitive plural is `quuxuum', for
four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the `u' letters in
Scrabble).] 1. Originally, a metasyntactic variable like foo and
foobar. Invented by Guy Steele for precisely this purpose when he was
young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing
community. Many people invent such words; this one seems simply to have
been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of
poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a
nickname. 2. interj. See foo; however, denotes very little disgust,
and is uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it. 3. Guy Steele in
his persona as `The Great Quux', which is somewhat infamous for light
verse and for the `Crunchly' cartoons. 4. In some circles, used as a
punning opposite of `crux'. "Ah, that's the quux of the matter!" implies
that the point is _not_ crucial (compare tip of the ice-cube). 5.
quuxy: adj. Of or pertaining to a quux.